Okay so I have this terrible, terrible nervous habit of grinding my teeth. I do it rhythmically to a beat (as I am a trained drummer) and I can’t for the life of me stop! My dentist has said that the dentine is exposed which I can see, and has recommended a mouth guard to wear at night ($500) not realizing I do all this grinding when I’m awake.

I remember the night I realized I had been doing this a while and couldn’t stop, it was back when I was 16 so I’ve been doing it for at least fifteen years! At this rate there will be no teeth left in another what ten? fifteen if I’m lucky. I mean I know people who have false teeth (or no teeth at all!) and they say it’s no big deal but I’d much rather have teeth!

I’ve tried chewing gum and that never lasts long, all I can do is realize I’m doing it and stop myself, but that never lasts long either…

I grind my teeth terribly. I’ll lose them eventually because of it. Though my dentist said they sell a mouth guard, which is incredibly expensive, he suggested buying a sports mouth guard like the ones kids wear when playing football. They’re supposed to be pretty cheap.

I grind my teeth too, night and day. I have TMJ, so my jaw is always tight. I got a mouth guard from my dentist for $50 (it was covered by insurance), and they molded it to the shape of my upper teeth. It fits perfectly.

Like pob said, as I stopped grinding them at night, my jaw became looser and I decreased the grinding during the day.

It is a stress reaction, so if I’m super stressed during the day, I’ll wear my mouth guard at home. No matter what, I ALWAYS wear it at night.

Losing teeth is no fun, and it’s expensive to replace them with bridges or implants. I think the cost of the mouth guard is def worth it!